Summer is almost gone!

Who's ready for some updates?? :))

Sorry its been so darn long. Honestly though, there hasn't been much to blog about. We have just been enjoying our summer, spending time with family and friends, and getting ready for school. My Bubba starts school on Tuesday!! He went to two years of PreK, but I am still nervous for him. Kindergarten is a whole new ball game. (As I write this, he is trying to figure out how to play Daddy's Call of Duty game, and teaching Bug at the same time. Haha!) We have an ice cream social to go to on Friday where we will meet his teacher and get to see his new class room and everything. Such a grab bag of mixed emotions!

I am debating on if I want to send Bug to preschool this year, or if she will go next year. I really think the time for just me and her will be great. We can start out own little preschool routine at home. My plan is actually to walk Bubba to school in the mornings with Bug, and then to stop at the community gym on the way home. At least a couple times a week. Other days I just want to come home and do my Turbo Fire or 30 Day Shred. He will have short days on Thursdays, so I think that will be my off day.

On Monday, Blondie had his second surgery. The procedure is actually a laryngoscopy where they use a laser to remove the masses in his throat. There was a little bit of regrowth after the last one, but that is to be expected. This time though, they were able to clear off both sides of his vocal cords. His voice sounds amazing already! I couldn't believe it. He goes back next week for his post op, and basically we will just play it by ear for the next procedure. When his voice starts to fade again, we will make the appointment. He takes it all so well. Pretty amazing kid.

School started back up for me last week too. I'm almost in a rut with school. I have not had a break since last winter. I think I will probably skip next summer... especially since Boats will probably be gone for a while around then. I am enjoying the classes I am taking this term so far. I have toyed with the idea of changing my major, but I think I might just get my associates in Criminal Justice as planned, and then I can change it for my BA and roll my credits over. I think by the time I am ready to start my BA (which at this rate should be next fall) I might try to transfer to a local university. I think I will end up in a Paralegal program with a minor in counseling. I want to eventually get into victim advocacy, so those two areas of study will really help there. Although, I will be getting the chance to get my feet wet in all of that over the next couple of years anyway through a volunteer experience I was fortunate enough to be selected for. But that's another blog for another day :)

As for me and Boat's... we are doing great. We are working hard to make sure that no matter how stressful things get from outside factors, we take time for each other AND ourselves. We never really had the opportunity to have time for just us in our relationship when dating or after we were married. Now that the kids are a little bit older and I feel more comfortable leaving them with sitters (which is easier with family around too!) we are making more time for just us. We are all set to go to this years Navy Ball, which is a big deal after the awful time we had at the one in Great Lakes. We ended up having to leave before dinner because their childcare was awful. Since that won't be an issue this year, we are ready for it! We got the room booked at the hotel the ball is at, I have my gown, and my hair will be taken care of by the amazing Angeline at Symmetricut Salon in East County. I just need to find the right shoes for the dress and cut up my arms a little more (as far as muscle goes... don't be calling fleet and family on me, lol ;) and we will be ready to tear that place up aaaaaaaaall night!!

Time to kick the boy off the playstation so I can get my morning workout in. Then we have some yard work to attend to this afternoon :). Part of me still wants to request to move to a house with a bigger yard... but I love my neighbors too much, lol. Worth the trade off. Unless we could stay on our same street... nah. Not worth the hassle I'm sure, lol. I promise to not be so distant between posts next time!